Thursday, June 06
Daily News Stuff 6 June 2024
Oops They Did It Again Edition
Oops They Did It Again Edition
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- Microsoft has effectively destroyed computer security altogether. (Ars Technica)
Not directly the subject of the article (which is about Microsoft Recall, again), but of the pinned comment.
The point being that Recall is such a huge security risk, that even if you disable it (or never install Windows 11 in the first place), you have to assume that anyone you share a document with has been or will soon be hacked.
Which is bad.
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- G.Skill has demonstrated DDR5-10600 RAM running on a Ryzen 8500G. (AnandTech)
Which is pointless because that pairs very expensive memory with one of AMD's cheapest CPUs and the performance gain would by minuscule.
But it does work.
- They also showed off a 48GB DDR5-7800 CAMM2 memory module... On a desktop motherboard. (WCCFTech)
Which is pointless because CAMM2 modules are designed specifically for laptops.
- How online privacy is like fishing. (IEEE Spectrum)
It isn't and the article is dumb.
- Micron has announced its GDDR7 memory for next-generation graphics cards. (Serve the Home)
Which we already knew about, but the article includes a chart of all the advances in computer graphics since 2016... Which are all worthless.
- Chinese researchers claim to have discovered a serious security issue in the RISC-V CPU design. (South China Morning Post)
RISC-V is an open-source CPU architecture that China was betting on because being ruled by lunatics means nobody else wants to play with you.
The article is.... Let's check the comments on Slashdot where I found it:The natural reading of the headline is that this flaw is good for China--but it's not.
And in reply:
Write better.Did you read the article? It's somehow worse. Reading it will likely leave you less informed.
- Oral B has bricked its $230 Alexa toothbrush. (Ars Technica)
Anyone buying an Alexa toothbrush deserves to have this happen to them.
- In slightly less stupid news Spotify is refunding buyers of its Car Thing device, which it is also bricking. (The Verge)
Good. Some people wanted Spotify to make it open-source, but the company probably ran the numbers and found it would be cheaper just to give everyone their money back.
- After several scrubbed launches, Boeing's Starliner is finally on its way to the ISS, with just one minor leak. (Ars Technica)
Two minor leaks.
Three minor leaks.
Ah ah ah.
- Google has acquired Cameo to let Windows applications run on ChromeOS devices except not. (The Verge)
As far as I can tell this is a remote desktop system, where you still need a Windows PC running the application but you can connect to it from a Chromebook.
- Humane has warned owners of its AI Pin - both of them - to immediately stop using the devices charging case because it might burn their house down. (The Verge)
Okay.
- Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other. (Tech Crunch)
Can do.
Won't.
Disclaimer: If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy, would it?
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Recall: I'll use W11 for work as necessary, I guess, and I'll keep using it at home for a while but I've been flirting more and more with Linux lately. Not all of my games work on it, but many do.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, June 07 2024 02:33 AM (BMUHC)
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I hate that Arse wrote "they bricked the ability to use Alexa." That's a meaningless and stupid way to use that word. Bricking a device means making it completely unusable.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, June 07 2024 02:42 AM (BMUHC)
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"Since the 2022 sale of Twitter to Elon Musk, who rebranded the app X, there's been a surge of interest in decentralized social media. Apps like Mastodon gained a following in the wake of Twitter's new ownership, as users" discovered they hated free speech.
FTFT.
FTFT.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, June 07 2024 02:47 AM (BMUHC)
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Re Microsoft: And then there's Adobe's latest rights grab.
Posted by: Mauser at Friday, June 07 2024 01:50 PM (nk1Z+)
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Mauser: Indeed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, June 07 2024 04:26 PM (PiXy!)
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